What day of the week was August 13, 1961?

The day of the week August 13th, 1961 fell on was a Sunday.

Chad Brown the American poker player and actor (d. 2014) was born on 13 August in 1961. As was Sam Champion the American journalist , Christos Christodoulou the Greek basketball player , Dawnn Lewis the American actress and singer , Stuart Maconie the English journalist and author , Neil Mallender the English cricketer and umpire , Tom Perrotta the American author , Sunil Shetty the Indian actor and producer , Cary Stayner the American serial killer , Mahesh Anand the Indian Actor, director and model .

East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.